Social Issues

Cathedral High School

Cathedral High School, which is located in Springfield’s East Forest Park neighborhood, sustained significant structural damage as a result of the June 1 tornado. The School was forced to move to an unused elementary school in the town of Wilbraham while their...

Unemployment (part 1)

In the first of a two part series we visit Holyoke Works, a regionally renowned workforce development group serving adult job seekers in and around Holyoke, Massachusetts. The organization assists adults to become ready for today’s job market through training programs...

Live Well Springfield

Jessica Collins of Partners for a Healthier Community, Wanda Givens, Director – Mason Square Health Task Force will discuss efforts to bring a full service food store to inner city area as well as other initiatives to support community health as well as an...

Emergency Prepardness

Guest: Charles Dunlap, Emergency Management Director for the Town of Southwick Discussion will focus on the recent region-wide power outages caused by the Halloween weekend storm and how we can all be best prepared when emergency situations hit....

First Church of Monson

For our December campaign of highlighting Community Spirit we will talk with Rev. Robert Marrone, Pastor of the First Church of Monson. Pastor Marrone will discuss the role his congregation played in helping Monson recover after the June 1 tornado....

WWII Veterans

Local World War II veterans Larry Batley, Lionel Brindamour and Bob Tyler will discuss their experiences in the military during the Second World War along with Elise Forbes Tripp, author of “American Veterans on War: Personal Stories from WWII to...

Food Bank

Andrew Morehouse, Exec. Dir. of the Food Bank of Western Mass. and Christina Maxwell, Dir of programs for the Food Bank of Western Mass will discuss how cuts in federal aid, decreased donations from the food industry and increased need for help are combining to strain...

Share your stories of Community Spirit

With the holiday season here and 2011 almost at its end, WGBY is reflecting on the resilience, ingenuity and generosity of people that make up our viewing communities. This year we endured a destructive tornado, faced damaging floods brought upon by Hurricane Irene...

Dan Viederman, CEO of Verite

Dan Viederman, CEO of Verite, a non-profit firm based in Amherst which works with multi-national companies to ensure that workers making goods for those companies have safe working conditions and are being paid a fair wage....

Remembering June’s Tornado

The June 1st tornado had a lasting impression on many people, we talked with some of the areas first responders as well as people in the media and asked them to recall that day and how they reacted. Guests: Wayne Phaneuf, Editor,The Republican; Don Treeger, Republican...